Svolvær is the administrative center of Vågan Municipality (9,200 inhabitants) in Nordland County. It is located on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago. The 2.33-square-kilometre (580-acre) town has a population (2013) of 4,487. The population density is 1,926 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,990/sq mi).